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The Simplified Acquisition Program is designed to make small businesses compliant with FAR 13 and the simplified acquisition environment. The Simplified Acquisition Program is designed to help both large and small businesses win government service contracts between $2,500.00 and $150,000.00 and commercial item purchases between $2,500.00 and $5,000,000. The Simplified Acquisition Program is a vital solution to becoming successful in the federal marketplace for small businesses looking to compete in the no bid-contracting arena.

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Simplified Acquisition

Contracts are the best kept secret in

government contracting.

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROGRAM

Direct Access to Federal Buyers &

Prime Vendors

Dynamic Small Business Search Profile Creation

Federal Format Website Design

Monthly Email Bid Notifications &

Contract Support

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Why the Simplified Acquisition Program is Effective Procurement officers use the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) to review federal contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. FAPIIS is a system that is designed for large vendors requiring many hours to be updated for each awarded contract. Simplified acquisition contacts are designed for small businesses and can be awarded without the contracting officer referencing FAPIIS since they are under the $150,000.00 threshold. Simplified Acquisition Contracts give an edge to businesses with limited or no past performance in that they by-pass FAPIIS which is a past performance retrieval system. Simplified Acquisition contracts offer an easier federal buying process for both the purchasing officer and small business vendor. Unlike a normal bid process where vendors must supply an exact quotation for the services or goods, a simplified acquisition contract allows Procurement Officers to pay with SMART Pay Cards or blanket purchase agreements. Simplified Acquisition purchases, like micro-purchase agreements, simplified acquisition contracts can be issued immediately and in large volume if required.

Enrollment Procedures of the Simplified Acquisition Program Conduct a Federal Marketplace Evaluation The Federal Marketplace Evaluation is a required procedure that is conducted for every business looking to begin working with United States Federal Government and enroll in a Simplified Acquisition Program. The evaluation utilizes the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), FebBizOpps (FBO), USASpending.gov, and Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) to evaluation a business’s chances at winning government contacts.

The Federal Marketplace Evaluation will do the following:

* Discover available contracting opportunities for your business

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Only 1.6% of all the businesses in America are

registered for Government Contracting.

Simplified Acquisition contracts improve

opportunities for small, small disadvantaged,

women-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, and

service-disabled veteran-owned small business

concerns to obtain a fair proportion of government

contracts.

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* View previously awarded contracts in your specific industry

* Determine the federal competition rate in the federal marketplace for your business type

* Find spending growth in certain federal agencies and related spending trends

The Federal Marketplace Evaluation will determine if Federal Contracts are viable for the subject business and access qualifications for Simplified Acquisition Program.

Whats included in the Simplified Acquisition Program System for Award Management (SAM) Registration SAM is the required database in which every business that wishes to work for the government must be registered in as of July 2012; SAM replaced the legacy contractor registration databases of CCR & ORCA. US Federal Contractor Registration is the leading government registration firm in the world that has conducted over 65,000 government registrations since 2010. Their dedicated Case Managers handle the entire process of the registration and keep maintain yearlong compliance. The simplified acquisition program requires proper registration as well as the Verified Vendor Seal Compliance. Verified Vendor Seal Compliance is a service only offered by US Federal Contractor Registration.

!Official Government Profile Creation in Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) Once a business has been registered in SAM they will be set up in a database that acts much like a search engine. Procurement Officers use Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) when they are looking for a small business to fill an available small business federal set-aside contract. With the Simplified Acquisition Program your business will be easily found on DSBS when Procurement Officers search selected keywords or information that is related to your business. US Federal Contractor Registration’s Case Managers will create the necessary profile and enrich it with important keywords and phrases that will help your business be seen.

Under Far 13 it is required that purchasing officers search for Small Business Vendors to meet set-aside goals and DSBS searches are the main qualifier to find these businesses. Having the profile properly set up makes sure that all relevant opportunities are presented to qualified businesses.

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Monthly Email Bid Notifications & Contract Support Another stage of the Simplified Acquisition Program is creating a business profile in FedBizOpps (FBO). FBO is the Federal Government’s main contracting bid board that accounts for 1/3 of all the currently available government contracts in the federal marketplace. US Federal Contractor Registration will generate automatic bid notifications based on your business model, North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, and trade keywords. A US Federal Contractor Registration Acquisition Specialist will help determine which keywords, NAICS codes and solicitation types will deliver the best odds for finding and winning contracts. These available bids will then be sent directly to the email of the businesses enrolled in the Simplified Acquisition Program.

Complete Government Business Plan with Direct Access to Buyers & Prime Vendors Government contracts between $2,500 and $25,000 are sometimes never posted to a bid board and never actually seen. In fact, there are thousands of government contracts that are never posted online that are kept aside by Procurement Officers. US Federal Contractor Registration will provide your business with a list of procurement officers (and the prime contractors, for subcontracting) to contact about their unlisted available federal contracts/simplified acquisition contracts. Businesses are encouraged to be extremely proactive when contacting these Procurement Officers to create a good first impression. US Federal Contractor Registration Acquisition Specialists show each business how to develop an elevator pitch and submit a government bid proposal. This strategy will give your businesses the upper hand needed to create long lasting relationships with federal buyers.

Website Creation in Standard Federal Format Every Simplified Acquisition Program comes with government-formatted website that will provide your business with an easily accessible online platform to showcase your government portfolio. Each website comes with up to seven pages that include: a Landing page, Vendor Profile, References, Past Performance, Products and/or Services, Contact page and Photo Gallery. Each website is expertly designed to bypass government spyware and firewalls to make it easier for Procurement Officers to find. Every website also includes a

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Out of the 500,000 + businesses in SAM, only

10% have bid on a contract 3 or more times.

Just because your business is registered in SAM does not mean procurement officers

are going to start calling your business about available contracts. Procurement Officers only use SAM to make sure businesses are

registered, not to find contractors that meet their

criteria for contracts.

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Capability Statement, which contains necessary used by procurement officers to determine if a vendors fits the orders of the contract. A Capability Statement contains everything a procurement officer would need to know about a business: a brief description of the business, NAICS codes/PSC codes, contact information, DUNS number, CAGE code, and any set-asides the business may qualify for. A capability statement helps a contractor become more effective in the federal marketplace. The government-formatted website provides a Procurement Officer with all the federal information initially needed to be considered for a simplified acquisition contract.

Training for the Simplified Acquisition Environment Every Simplified Acquisition Program Participant gets yearlong training. The training includes the following: Bid Proposal Template Creation Training, Contract Competitive Search Assistance, Federal Contract Updates, Contractor Debrief Detailed Analysis, along with custom coaching.

!Unlike other federal programs, the Simplified Acquisition Program provides businesses with all of the necessary tools a business needs in the federal marketplace. US Federal Contractor Registration created the Simplified Acquisition Program to allow contractors to start winning listed and unlisted awards, network with procurement officers, and provide vendors with an online portfolio necessary for simplified contract acquisition under FAR 13.

!To speak with a live acquisition expert about enrolling in the Simplified Acquisition Program please call 1(877) 252-2700 Ext 1.

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About US Federal Contractor Registration US Federal Contractor Registration is the world’s largest third party registration firm that prepares small businesses for government contracting by applying the same tools and strategies as Fortune 500 companies that have a large presence in the federal marketplace.

US Federal Contractor Registration provides System for Award Management (SAM.gov) registration assistance as well as expert Government Marketing services. US Federal Contractor Registration is the only company in the world that is legally permitted to issue the Verified Vendor Seal.

US Federal Contractor Registration is also widely recognized in newsworthy publications and nation-wide press releases. Some publications include the Washington Post, FOX News, Defense Systems and Washington Business Journal.

US Federal Contractor Registration has registered private sector businesses such as McGraw Hill, HP, Wells Fargo, Xerox, GoodWill, Dixie, UPS, Heinz, Sheraton Hotels, Marriott, Westin, Interstate Oil, CITI, and Coldwell Banker. As well as academic institutions and colleges like NYC, Northwestern,

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Oxford, Southwestern, and Mercer. Not to mention numerous federal agencies like Departments of the DOD, US Army, Department of the Navy, Veteran Affairs and United States Department of Agriculture.

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